DanTraveling Rocket Boys October Sky Festival

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We visited the annual October Sky Festival or the Rocket Boys Reunion as it is know up there in Coalwood West Virginia.

For those that aren't familiar with this event, it is an annual reunion of folks from Coalwood , the folks from the movie October Sky, and the actual Rocket Boys themselves.

Our visit includes segments of Homer Hickam signing autographs, Homer is the best selling Author of The Rocket Boys, later made into a movie by Joe Johnson called October Sky (the one with Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern)

also Scott Miles, who played Homer's (Jake's) older brother in the movie

there were also NASA astronauts, Virginia Tech Students, children with rockets from all over and the townsfolk as well.

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[RBMusical]

Love this Dan, thank you for making it! Linda Hickam

[dmccoig]

@RBMusical Thanks Linda, we have such fond memories of our trip to Coalwood. We loved meeting so many wonderful people there. What a fun day..

[MerryGoRnd]

Dan..my husband and I just attended the 2009 October Sky Fest. IT WAS OUTSTANDING and the day went much too quickly with all there was to see and do. We love it. We plan to go back again next year---as we just could not take it all in during our first visit! we met the rocket boys and others and IT WAS JUST SO TOTALLY MIND BLOWING and enjoyable. I know you know what I mean!! We're read almost ALL of Homer's books. I enjoyed seeing this video again. The Coal Co Store is GONE NOW though!!

[dmccoig]

Hi Yvonne, Thats great that yall got to go.. It was a special trip for us as well.. Everyone involved with the festival and Coalwood are awesome!

[lskin1]

Thanks for this great video.

[dmccoig]

Thanks so much Iskin,

nice of you to say :)

[alexl1001]

October Sky is SUCH a great movie!

[HarryPotterFanatic01]

i absolutley LOVE that movie and i think jake gyllenhaal iz soo HOT!

[superepicawesomeness]

@alexl1001

the book is way better

[arooja97]

rocket boys rocks!

[octsky45]

Dan, I am the bearded guy in yoru video... we talked.. great job. I hope to be back in 2010. Ed

[ahnikaleroy]

the school out there is gunna be shut down... this its his last year...